Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he was a Captain in the Virginia State Militia when appointed Colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry in August 1861. During the battle of the First Bull Run he received a head wound which precluded further front line service. After he recovered, he served as aide to Confederate General J. E. Johnston in Peninsula Campaign and aide to General Longstreet in Seven Days Campaign. Promoted Brigadier General in September 1864, for the remainder of the war, he commanded the local defenses of Richmond, Virginia. After the war, he opened an insurance agency in Richmond. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)